Ministry of Justice written question – answered am ar 22 Hydref 2019.
Philip Davies
Ceidwadwyr, Shipley
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of pre-sentence reports have recommended immediate custody for (a) men and (b) women in Crown courts in each of the last three years.
Chris Philp
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
The information requested has been provided in the table below. The data shows the number and proportion of recommendations in pre-sentence reports prepared for Crown Courts in 2016 - 2018 where the sentence proposed was Immediate custody.
Proportion of pre-sentence reports prepared for the Crown Court that have recommended immediate custody, by sex, 2016 to 2018, England and Wales | |||||||||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||
Immediate custody | Immediate custody | Immediate custody | |||||||||
Sex | All proposed sentences(1), (2) | NO. | Proportion of all proposed sentences | All proposed sentences(1), (2) | NO. | Proportion of all proposed sentences | All proposed sentences(1), (2) | NO | Proportion of all proposed sentences | ||
Fem | 3,533 | 324 | 9% | 3,913 | 421 | 11% | 3,466 | 319 | 9% | ||
Male | 25,447 | 4,957 | 19% | 26,279 | 5,362 | 20% | 23,356 | 4,833 | 21% | ||
(1) Excludes pre-sentence reports where information on the proposed sentence is not available. | |||||||||||
(2) Includes pre-sentence reports where the proposed sentence was an absolute/conditional sentence, a community sentence, a fine, immediate custody, a suspended sentence and other sentence types. | |||||||||||
Yes3 people think so
No0 people think not
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